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It seems like subscription services are the new growth market in the last couple of years. There is a service now to suit just about every budget and interest. If you want a full size bottle once a month, a couple of sample sizes or just a single sample in a plastic pouch someone out […]

When you think of peat you can sometimes be mistaken for only thinking about Islay. There is actually quite a lot of mainland peat examples out there on the market now but even if you have an Islay whisky like this Bunnahabhain you could easily think all peat tastes the same. That is far from […]

Sometimes a blog can be stuffed full of exotic releases which are either too expensive or too sold out for anyone to make any use of. What people sometimes want to see is a quick reference to the widely available and widely discounted single malts which could be a potential impulse buy while standing in […]

A year or so ago I dipped my toe into the bourbon world to try something different. I wasn’t sure what to expect but thought I might end up with a something similar to malt whisky but with a lot of virgin oak tannic notes. The actual experience is a little different or at least […]

Grain whisky is always a funny one for me. The imagery I get is of a summer’s day and a barley rich refreshing drink which adds to the experience of the one day a year the sun hits the west of Scotland. The reality for me has always been of a jarring fight working hard […]

The second review in a row from the Cooper’s choice brand from The Vintage Malt Whisky Company. The first one was good although perhaps not particularly interesting. This second one is from a producer I have not had much luck with, Loch Lomand. I struggle to enjoy the roughness of the whisky like some others […]

Islay currently has 8 distilleries making whisky and a ninth closing in on completion. That means when a Islay whisky is bottled but the name is not given you have decent odds of working out the producer. The producer can also like in this case make up a name which may give a clue or […]

Bruichladdich distillery on Islay and the Port Charlotte brand have always been a go to whisky for me. They say the spirit is heavily peated and at 40ppm it is. However, the finished product is always fairly mellow and the peat restrained. That is not to say it is insipid or uninspiring only different. And […]

The oldest whisky I had tried before this was a 50 year old blend. This time we have a single grain whisky from Scotland and its even older at 55 years old. It is often said that for grain whisky to be impressive it needs time to make the most of its subtle character. So […]

I have started to get into some bourbons lately and I have to say I am really enjoying the change of pace. While Scotch whisky and Bourbon may sound pretty similar you couldn’t be more wrong. There just seems to be so much more breadth of characters and flavour in Bourbon at the moment compared […]